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Utah Senate passes guardianship and infrastructure bills, circles leadership-election substitute and honors COVID-19 response leaders
Summary
The Utah State Senate passed House Bill 358 (guardianship amendments) and first substitute House Bill 151 (State Infrastructure Bank amendments), circled a substitute to House Joint Resolution 17 on leadership-election timing for further work, and read an official citation honoring Dan Hemmert and Kristen Cox for COVID-19 response work.
The Utah State Senate passed two floor items on the morning's calendar and set aside a procedural rules change for additional work before recessing for caucus lunch.
Senators approved House Bill 358, described by Senator Kennedy as a guardianship amendment that "allows the court to decide who can have guardianship and in a temporary fashion, allow that guardian to receive the birth certificates and social security cards so children can get into school" when parents are unable to provide documents. Under suspension of the rules, the Senate passed HB 358 in a roll call, 23 yeas, 0 nays, 6 absent. The bill will be signed by the president and returned to the House for the speaker's signature.
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